Welcome to The Living Canvas

The Living Canvas celebrates the beauty and expressive power of the human form through performance art and photography, nurturing a sense of body acceptance for performer and audience. It is spectacle and storytelling, utilizing creative lighting, sound, and multi-media imagery interacting with the human canvas.

Be sure to read the About page to learn more about The Living Canvas or check out the History of the company. 

Now running!

The Living Canvas Experience

An Exhibition Celebrating 25 Years of Art and the Body

This special event features the first-ever exhibition of decades of Living Canvas photography, celebrating body acceptance through the use of light-and-shadow and projected textures with over 150 images and an interactive viewing experience (you, too, can be a Living Canvas if you wish). The artist will be available if you have questions or wish to talk about the images.

The exhibit run concludes with a public Living Canvas performance. It all takes place at the beautiful Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 North Clark Street, 2nd Floor, Chicago, Illinois (getting there).

Photography and video exhibition (Free, no tickets needed, optional donations at the door):

  • Thursday, July 30, from 6 pm – 8 pm (Gallery Opening)
  • Friday, July 31, from 1 pm – 8 pm
  • Saturday, August 1, from 1 pm – 8 pm
  • Sunday, August 2, from 1 pm – 8 pm
  • Tuesday, August 4, from 4 pm – 10 pm
  • Wednesday, August 5, from 4 pm – 10 pm
  • Thursday, August 6, from 4 pm – 10 pm
  • Friday, August 7, from 4 pm – 6 pm
  • Saturday, August 8, from 4 pm – 6 pm

Performances: (tickets available at this link)

  • Friday, August 7 at 7 pm
  • Friday, August 7 at 9 pm

Please note that both the exhibit and the performances contain non-sexual nudity.

The area around Bramble Arts Loft is wonderful, full of great coffee shops and restaurants. Come join us!


Cast of [Trans]formation. Photo by Pete Guither

Celebrating the beauty and expressive power of the human form